There is really no limit to the enterprise of the Paris Press. A few days ago it was announced that the Trans-Siberian railway as finished and open for traffic. 'Thereupon the editor of the " Matin," regardless of expense, resolved to send 2 member of his stof' on 'a journey round the world vid Siberia. A rival. editor, he of the "Journal," at once took up the implied challenge, and announced that he also would journalist to travel round the world vid Siberia, in the opposite direction to that taken' by the "Matin" man. The object was to see which of the unfortunate scribes could rush round the globe in the shorter time. At this juncture a bright idea occurred to a jealous confrere. He stepped into Cook's and inquired whether the Trans-Siberian railway is really finished. He learned that it is not, and that at least three years are likely to elapse before through passenger traffic over the line can begin. Under these circumstances more than likely that the modern Is of Phileas Fogg will postpone their journey.
18th May.
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